Potpourri
Johnson County
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100
Creighton University calls this state its home.
What is Nebraska?
100
This is the number of public school districts in Shawnee Mission.
What is 6?
100
This online auction site designed the Kindle, an electronic means for reading books.
What is Amazon?
100
This car company made headlines recently because of unexplained acceleration problems in many of its models.
What is Toyota?
100
"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.
What is Casablanca?
200
Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer star in this popular television sitcom.
What is Two and Half Men?
200
The county seat of Johnson County is this growing city.
What is Olathe?
200
These are the names of the video game consoles made by these 3 companies...Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft.
What is the Playstation, Wii, and X-Box?
200
World's best golfer...not world's best husband.
Who is Tiger Woods?
200
"Have a wonderful day, and an even better tomorrow."
Who is Matt Johnson?
300
This award, given annually since 1994, honors those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.
What are The Darwin Awards?
300
These two Johson County cities are the primary feeder cities for Westridge Middle School.
What is Overland Park and Lenexa?
300
This is what GPS stands for.
What is Global Positioning Sattelite?
300
Movie maker who recently passed away, credited for many popluar movies including Sixteen Candles and Home Alone.
Who is John Hughes?
300
“Give me Liberty, or give me Death!”
Who is Patrick Henry?
400
This national anthem was played at a special Changin of the Guard at Buckingham Palace on Sept 13, 2001...for the first time ever.
What is the Star Spangled Banner?
400
Within 50,000, this is the approximate population of Johnson County.
What is 550,000?
400
Term used to describe the act of placing text on your twitter site.
What is tweeting?
400
This city recently went to great lengths to prepare for mammoth flooding almost one year to the date from its largest flood ever.
What is Fargo, ND?
400
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
500
This fabled train serves passengers 550 pounds of caviar and 3000 pounds of smoked salmon a year.
What is The Orient Express?
500
This Johnson County city borders the state line between Kansas and Missouri between Shawnee Mission Pkwy and 47th street.
What is Westwood Hills?
500
Year that the first email was sent. Also the same year that the movie, The Godfather won Best Picture?
What is 1972?
500
Octomom's real name.
What is Nady Suleman
500
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?